BoK inquiry report to be unveiled in KP PA on April 9

03 May, 2016

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak Tuesday said that the cabinet inquiry committee on the Bank of Khyber (BoK) will present its report in the provincial assembly on Monday.

Responding to the point of orders of the leader of opposition, Maulana Lutf-ur-Rehman, Nighat Yasmin Orakzai of PPP, Sardar Aurangzeb Nalotha of PML-N and Sardar Hussain Babak of ANP, the chief minister said that the report had been submitted to him on last Monday and as per commitment it will be presented in the house for debate on next Monday.

The chief minister said the amended Ehtesab Commission Bill will be presented in the house on coming Friday and will be referred to the select committee.

He said that they had not bulldozed any legislation and all important laws including Ehtesab Commission Act, Right to Information (RTI) Act, Right to Service (RTS) Act were passed in consultations with opposition.

He assured the opposition that all important legislations will be carried in their consultations and it will be never bulldozed. Regarding the lapses of the funds allocated under annual development programme (ADP), he said that over 80 percent utilization target had never achieved and the PTI government in first year utilized 70 percent funds.

However, he said that ADP funds never go into waste and with the beginning of new financial year it once again resumes.

He said that the provincial government last year spent 92 percent ADP funds and in current year it will utilized 85 percent.

He said that during the current year, a fund of Rs. 70 billion has already been spent and in the remaining time, the tally will reached to Rs.115 billion.

The chief minister said that this year, receipt from federal government had been declined by Rs.17 billion while an amount of Rs.5 billion were on the rehabilitation of flood affected people and another Rs.5 billion on increase in the salaries of doctors.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2016

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